Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biotech & Medical Care, Semiconductor and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Swancor Holding Co Ltd (TW:3708), which rose 10.00% or 7.00 points to trade at 77.00 at the close. Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519) added 9.98% or 0.50 points to end at 5.51 and Casetek Holdings Ltd (TW:5264) was up 9.97% or 4.35 points to 48.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383), which lost 5.10% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.86 in late trade. Eclat Textile Co Ltd (TW:1476) declined 3.92% or 14.00 points to end at 343.00 and Universal Microelectronics Co Ltd (TW:2413) shed 3.56% or 0.90 points to 24.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 444 to 321 and 147 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.59% or 0.31 to $52.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.59% or 0.36 to hit $60.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 3.95 to trade at $1280.05 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.22% to 30.910, while TWD/CNY fell 0.11% to 0.2197.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.843.